Lindie Naughton brings us the weekend’s endurance motion for Irish athletes and races.
Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock AC confirmed that he’s returning to full health after a interval of harm when he held off the problem of Jamie Fallon of Craughwell AC to win the Nationwide 10km title at the Nice Eire Run in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Saturday (April 9).
Clohisey completed in 30 minutes 39 secs with Fallon simply eight seconds adrift in 30:57. Ending third in 31:25 was Rory O’Connor of North Cork AC.
Good packing gave Crusaders AC the workforce title, with Kieran Little in eleventh place main them dwelling. Clonliffe Harriers completed second and Donore Harriers third.
Taking the ladies’s title in 34 minutes 20 secs was Sinead O’Connor of Leevale AC. Ciara Wilson of DMP AC was second in 34:43 and Laura McDonnell of Rathfarnham WSAF AC third in 35:29.
In fourth place Elizabeth Carr was main Mullingar Harriers to senior workforce victory, though Raheny Shamrock, led by W50 winnerAnnette Kealy, have been the perfect workforce total. Making up the Raheny workforce have been senior athlete Aislin g Ahern and Zoe Quinn W45.
Of the strictly senior groups, Sli Cualann AC and Rathfarnham WSAF AC completed second and third.
Within the males’s grasp’s classes, Inishowen AC from Donegal, led by M55 champion, Pauric McKinney, gained the M35 title, whereas Liffey Valley AC was first of the M50 groups.
Credit score: Dublin Marathon
The unsuitable footwear at Rotterdam
Stephen Scullion of Clonliffe Harriers completed thirteenth in 2:14.31 at the Rotterdam Marathon. Scullion was pressured to borrow a pair of runners when his personal footwear weren’t accepted. Scullion, who had Paul Pollock for firm within the first half (who DNF’d after 30km), tweeted that his toes went numb round 38km, however confirmed some grit and nonetheless bought himself to that end line.
Subsequent quickest of a robust Irish membership contingent was Martin Hoare of Celbridge AC who completed twenty sixth with a time of two:20.31. Different Irish finishers have been Conal McCambridge 2:26.17, Brian Conroy of Clane AC 2:27.40 and Brian’s brother Stephen of Celbridge AC 2:28.16.
On day for Kildare-based runners, Peter Donohoe from Celbridge AC completed second M60 in 2:56.06. For Meath, Sean Murphy of Trim AC was third M50 in 2:40.37.
Better of the Irish girls operating, was Isabel Oakes who completed third W35 in 2:50.51.
Quick 5ks at dwelling
Winners of the Karen Fenton Memorial 5km in Co Cork on Sunday (April 10), have been Darragh Murray in 16:38 and Martina Kiely in 18:07. Each are members of St Finbarr’s AC.
Nicholas Griggs of Mid-Ulster AC set a brand new course file of 14 minutes 12 secs on his solution to victory at the Queen’s 5km across the Ormeau Embankment in Belfast final Wednesday (April 6).
Griggs knocked eight seconds off Paul Pollock’s time of 14:20 set in 2014. The 17-year-old, who set a European U20 file for the Indoor mile final month, is focusing on the World U20 Championships this summer season. He’ll open his observe season on the Belfast Irish Milers Meet on 14 Could.
Ending second behind Griggs was Ian Guiden of Clonliffe Harriers, who was additionally contained in the outdated file with a time of 14:14. Ben Branagh, who completed third in 14:24, was main St Malachy’s AC to workforce victory over Annadale Striders and North Belfast Harriers.
First lady in a time of 16:09 was Emma Mitchell of Clonliffe Harriers. Letterkenny’s Nikita Burke was second in 16:41 and Robyn McKee third in17:03. Annadale Striders proved better of the ladies’s groups forward of Clonliffe Harriers and North Down AC.
Within the opening spherical of the Roscommon Harriers 5km Sequence on Friday night (April 8), Kate Kelly of Athlone IT AC joined the choose group of girls to have gained a race outright.
Kelly was utterly untroubled along with her time of 17 minutes 38 secs placing her 43 seconds away from second positioned John Fitzmaurice from host membership Roscommon Harriers, who completed in 18:21 and was first M50.
Third and second lady in 18:39 was Fiona Gettings of Longford AC. Subsequent spherical (of 4) is on Friday, April 15.
Monitor time
Thomas Devaney of College of Limerick gained the lads’s 10,000m at the Irish Universities Monitor and Subject Championships in Carlow on Friday and Saturday (April 8 and 9).
Devaney’s time of three:36.62 noticed him beating the DCU pair of Sean O’Leary and Daniel Stone, who completed in occasions of 30:41.66 and 30:47.77 respectively.
Longest distance for the ladies was the 5000m gained by intervarsity cross-country champion Aoife O Cuill in 17:32.79. Successful the 3000m in10:01.33 was Niamh O’Mahoney of UCC in 10:01.33.
Over 1500m, Aaron Brennan of NUI Galway gained the lads’s title with a time of three:57.84 whereas Lucy Holmes of MTU Cork was the ladies’s winner with a time of 4:42.31.
Successful the lads’s steeplechase in. 9:16.71 was UL’s Oisin Spillane.
UL completed better of the lads’s schools with 102 factors. DCU was second with 91 factors and UCD third with 53points. DCU have been clear winners of the ladies’s title with 128 factors, nicely away from UL on 62 factors and UCD with 46 factors. General, DCU, which has lately taken over the lease of the Morton Stadium in Santry from Fingal County Council, have been clear winners.
The championships have been initially deliberate for UCD’s new observe at Belfield, which was presupposed to open in time for the school membership’s centenary in 2021 till lockdowns and moist climate intervened. It’s hoped that the brand new observe might be functioning by the tip of the 12 months.
Stateside motion
Laura Mooney of Tullamore Harriers gained the ladies’s 5000m in 16 minutes 9 secs at the Friar Invitational meet, hosted by her US school, Windfall, in Rhode Island, on Friday (April 8).
Mooney’s Windfall teammate Orla O’Connor of Waterford AC was third in 16:45.
Within the males’s 5000m, David McGlynn, additionally Waterford AC, completed third in 13:59.63. Behind him in fourth place was lately topped Irish junior 10,000m file holder, Abdel Laadjel of Donore Harriers in 14:02.94. Shane Coffey of Naas AC was 14th in 14:35.33.
Finlay Wild, in his traditional place of first, at a distinct occasion. Photograph: Pete Bland Sports activities (who’ve a cracking web site when you want any fell/path operating gear)
Hill operating within the Mournes
Finlay Wild of Lochaber AC was the winner of the Mournes Seven Sevens on Saturday (April 9), which was a British Championships spherical.
Wild led from Slieve Donard, the primary peak of the seven, and completed in 3 hrs 28 minutes 17 secs.
Better of the native runners was Adam Cunningham of Mourne Runners in 3:46.52. Steven Shields of NIMRA was eleventh in 4:02.28 and Jonny Steede of Glens Runners 14th and second M40 in 4:09.39.
First lady was Victoria Thompson of Helm Hill Runners in 4:50.12. First native finisher was Kerri Munn-Bookless of NIMRA in 5:35.14. Not too far behind was Elizabeth Wheeler of Glens Runners in 5:41.48. Kelly-Anne Speight completed in 5:59.05.
Extremely-running
On Sunday (April 10), Caitriona Jennings of Letterkenny AC, completed second lady with a time of seven hrs 37 minutes 59 secs within the stamina sapping Lake Sonoma 50 Mile in California. Winner was Brittany Charbineau, who completed ten minutes forward of Jennings.
